SCP-5021 — SCP-5021 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5021 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-5021

Expected annual

$580K

One-time setup

$698K

Annual recurring

$543K

Personnel

One-time capital (reinforced chamber, medical kit, equipment) totals ~$698k; main annual drivers are staff wages (security + research), medical retainer, and ongoing research/operations (~$543k/yr). Major incidents can add hundreds of thousands in one year.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $698K

Facilities $300K

[#10] Reinforced testing chamber / ballistic isolation range one-time construction cost (subterranean/bermed high-spec estimate used).

Contingency Reserve $200K

[#21] One-time contingency / emergency infrastructure repair reserve seeded upfront.

Equipment $133K

[#1, #2, #8, #11, #12] Secure containment locker, initial climate/control instrumentation, mobile trauma kit, tethering/constraint rigs, high-speed instrumentation (one-time purchase).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K

[#15] Forensics/laboratory initial study equipment and setup (initial-focused study / lab provisioning).

Biohazard Infrastructure $25K

[#14] On-site incinerator / biohazard disposal infrastructure setup (one-time option).

Sop And Initial Training $10K

[#19] SOP development and initial training workshops (one-time development + rollout).

Stock Destruction $5K

[#23] Secure destruction / disposal of remaining 43 packs (contractor/on-site incineration).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $543K/yr

Staff Wages $375K/yr

[#6, #16] Salaries/benefits for two on-site guards and a small research team (PI + 2 techs) allocated to SCP-5021 program.

Research And Monitoring $50K/yr

[#12, #15, #16] Ongoing research program costs excluding salaries (instrument maintenance/calibration, reagents, sequencing/forensics consumables).

Medical Retainer $50K/yr

[#7] Annual retainer/standby budget for trauma/ER support if program conducts frequent testing.

Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr

[#17, #24] Annual legal/PR reserve and amnestic/cover-story administration budget (retainer/rapid-response pool).

Security Overhead $10K/yr

[#25] IT/security audits, background checks, vetting, and administrative overhead.

Supervision Sessions $9K/yr

[#5] Supervision staffing for one supervised test/month (researcher + guard + tech hourly costs annualized).

Logistics And Transport $6K/yr

[#4, #13] Budgeted secure transport and occasional small-scale recovery support (annualized; per-incident recoveries handled in scenarios).

Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr

[#20] PPE, replacement sacrificial panels, batteries, sterilization consumables (annual usage).

Personnel Training $3K/yr

[#19] Annual refresher courses and drills for medics/security/researchers.

Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr

[#2, #10] Climate-control monitoring upkeep, chamber minor maintenance and power for monitoring systems.

Amnestic Fund $2K/yr

[#22] Small annual reserve for routine witness amnestic/psych treatment; larger per-incident costs handled in scenarios.

Biohazard Disposal $500/yr

[#14] Small-volume disposal contract costs for occasional sessions.

Inventory Management $300/yr

[#3] Quarterly inventory and chain-of-custody admin time (approx. 2 hr/quarter as noted).

Medical Incident Costs $0/yr

[#9] Per-incident hospitalization/rehab/prosthetic costs are scenario-driven and not budgeted into baseline recurring (handled in incident scenarios).

Projectile Recovery $0/yr

[#13] High-cost hazardous projectile recovery/search operations are scenario-driven; baseline carries no recurring recovery budget.

Field Investigation $0/yr

[#18] Vendor/vendor-trace and field investigations budgeted per-event (scenario-driven).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $543K/yr

72.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with monthly supervised tests, staffed research team, medical retainer, routine maintenance and legal/PR reserve; no major incidents.

scheduled_monthly_testing no_major_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $633K/yr

25.0% probability / year +$90K vs baseline

Single-site medical incident (amputation/serious injury) requiring hospital care, prosthetics, targeted recovery operation and modest PR/legal action.

amputation_event localized_projectile_recovery targeted_medical_and_PR_response

🚨 Major Incident $1.0M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Severe breach or FTL-limb event causing structural damage (site repairs), large-scale recovery/search, major medical liabilities and expanded legal/cover operations.

high-velocity_projectile_breach widespread_damage_and_public_exposure large-scale_recovery_and_coverup

👥 Personnel 5 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#6] Two on-site guards to escort researchers and provide baseline security; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	1	[#16] PI-level researcher overseeing studies; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Technician	2	[#16] Lab/postdoc/technical staff supporting experiments and monitoring; salaries included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints of wide ranges provided in analyst notes; equipment and facility one-time costs are relatively well-described but incident costs vary widely, thus overall confidence is medium.

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